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Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France - Softcover

Leonard, Max

 
9780224092005: Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0224092006 ISBN 13: 9780224092005
Verlag: Yellow Jersey, 2015

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lanterne rouge (French | noun): The competitor who finishes last in the Tour de France

Froome, Wiggins, Merckx – we know the winners of the Tour de France, but what about the men who finish last?

Lanterne Rouge tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed rider. We learn of stage winners and former yellow jerseys who tasted life at the other end of the bunch; the breakaway leader who stopped for a bottle of wine and then took a wrong turn; the doper whose drug cocktail accidently slowed him down and the rider who was recognised as the most combative despite finishing at the back.

Flipping the Tour de France on its head and examines what these stories tell us about ourselves, the 99% who don’t win the trophy, Lantern Rouge forces us to re-examine the meaning of success, failure and the very nature of sport.

‘A lively account of largely forgotten men... It’s not easy to come up with an original angle on Le Tour, but with this rear view Leonard has managed the feat in style’ Independent on Sunday

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Max Leonard’s previous books include Lanterne Rouge: the Last Man in the Tour de France and Bunker Research. He has also written about cycling, travel and adventure for Esquire, Monocle, Rouleur, Strava, Rapha and others.

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If you complete a bike race, overcoming mountain ranges and merciless weather conditions while enduring physical and psychological agony, in the slowest time, should you be branded the loser? This title flips the Tour de France on its head and tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed rider.

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Verlag
Yellow Jersey
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0224092006
ISBN 13 
9780224092005
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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